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pick — [n] a chosen option, usually the choicest aces, bag, best, choice, choosing, cream*, crème de la crème*, cup of tea*, decision, druthers*, elect, elite, flower*, preference, pride, prime, prize, select, selection, top, tops; concepts 529,671 Ant … New thesaurus
Pick operating system — Company / developer Don Nelson, Dick Pick, TRW Programmed in Assembly language Initial release 1965 (GIRLS), 1973 (Reality Operating System) Marketing target Business data processing Available … Wikipedia
PICK, ḤAYYIM HERMANN — (1879–1952), Assyriologist and Mizrachi leader. Born in Schildberg, Poland, Pick was a pupil of F. Delitzsch at the University of Berlin. His doctoral dissertation was entitled Talmudische Glossen zu Delitzschs assyrischen Handwoerterbuch (1903) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Pick — (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pick up — [v1] lift, raise elevate, gather, grasp, hoist, rear, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear; concept 196 Ant. drop, lower pick up [v2] obtain, find acquire, annex, buy, chalk up*, come across, compass, cull, extract, gain, garner, gather, get … New thesaurus
pick — I v 1. choose, select, handpick, pick out, single out; decide upon, determine upon, settle upon, fix upon; make up one s mind, make one s choice, make a selection, opt, opt for; sift, sift out, sieve out, screen, screen out, sort, sort out,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
pick — I. /pɪk / (say pik) verb (t) 1. to choose or select carefully. 2. to choose (one s way or steps), as over rough ground or through a crowd. 3. to seek and find occasion for: to pick a quarrel. 4. to seek or find (flaws) in a spirit of fault… …
pick — I. v. a. 1. Peck, pierce, strike at. 2. Pluck, pull off, pick off, gather. 3. Open (as a lock). 4. Choose, select, cull, single out, pick out, fix upon, pitch upon. 5. Clean, cleanse. 6. Gather up, collect, acquire, get. 7 … New dictionary of synonyms
pick — Synonyms and related words: abuse, accelerate, accost, accumulate, acquire, adz, aggravate, alternativity, amass, annoy, apprehend, arrest, assemble, ax, badger, bait, be at, beak, become acquainted with, bedevil, beset, best, bother, bread knife … Moby Thesaurus
pick-up — /ˈpɪk ʌp/ (say pik up) noun 1. Sport the act of fielding a ball after it hits the ground. 2. Radio a. the process of receiving soundwaves in the transmitting set in order to change them into electrical waves. b. a receiving or recording device as …
